Broadway Box Office Holds Steady At $28M; Covid-Struck Shows Stumble, Others Hit Stride
deadline.comBroadway’s total box office tally held steady last week, with new shows and strong ongoing performers making up for the money lost when some productions canceled performances due to Covid outbreaks.In all, the 31 productions reporting grosses took in a combined $28,329,869 for the week ending April 10, down a small 2% from the previous week.
Attendance was 225,256, a tiny 1% drop. Average ticket price for all shows was $125.77.On the roster’s minus side, Plaza Suite, played only three performances for the week – stars Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker tested Covid-positive; the play is canceled at least through tonight – and took in $547,536, a drop of $836,026 from the previous week’s full-schedule take of $1,383,563.
Paradise Square, also playing three performances, grossed $80,612, a $215,738 fall; and Macbeth starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga canceled all performances for the week (the play’s first three previews the previous week had added $527,244 to that week’s roster).A Strange Loop delayed its first preview from last week until tonight.On the plus side, the musical Beetlejuice returned to Broadway last week, with two performances filling seats (including a highly comped Friday evening return performance) and adding $395,704 to the roster.
The popular musical, back on Broadway for the first time since pre-Covid days, carried a healthy $123.50 average ticket price.Also joining the roster was Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen, playing two previews at the Golden, grossing $88,845 with a $69.63 ticket average.Some other notable figures: The musical Six had its best week of 2022 at $1,343,506; Funny Girl filled seats and took in $1,262,828; Mr.
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